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Getting All the Way Through the Stress Cycle
Posted by: | CommentsNow we’re a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and the stress hasn’t really let up, has it?
I was blessed by a friend sending me a link to a Brene Brown podcast of an interview with the authors of Burnout: The Secret of Unlocking the Stress Cycle, Emily and Amelia Nagoski.
It was so helpful to me I want to pass it along. Here’s the link to the podcast.
You will learn how stress lives in your body, and that there is a stress cycle that, if you don’t pass all the way through, will get stuck and cause problems.
The good news, as the authors stress in the interview and the book, is that you can get the stress out of your body, even when you can’t control the stressors in your life.
I found that tremendously comforting.
The first step is always to let yourself feel the emotions—all the way through.
Then, you need to get the stress out of your body. Read More→
